Advice for Jobseekers who were sacked by previous employer

civis_liberalis

I got on the wrong side of my last employer, completely of my own doing. I had a lot of personal problems but let them affect the quality of my work and my attitude towards time-keeping and record-keeping. I was in a position of trust, shall we say. Not a very well paid job at all, but with good prospects.

I don't know how the hell I'm going to get another job because I can't exactly go into an interview and say, "my last boss sacked me because I deserved it".

I'm not fussy about jobs at all, i'm not really qualified to do anything though.

My main problem goes back to, what I was doing for the whole of 2007?, the time I was working for the company that sacked me.

I would hardly think that "taking a break" would float.

I wonder would it be glaringly obvious from tax that I was working last year or are companies never privvy to such information?

Worked in the company last year from first week in January to Mid-October. Been on dole since then. It's soul destroying when people ask you what you do for a living. It isn't the 80's anymore. It's not socially acceptable to be on the dole, not that I suggest it is but, needs be, as they say.

Any suggestions???

mikemac

So you worked 7-8 months?
Not so bad.

Common lies told in interviews are you went travelling, you were caring for a relative or something along these lines. Hey, I don't know you so maybe this is the truth!

Now if you were there only a few months then I'd leave this company off the CV. But you can't realy cover from March 07 to March 08 like this.
Not telling you to lie in an interview, just saying it's very common

AARRRGH

You could claim you are still working for that employer, so you don't want to use them as a reference.

Assuming your next job is in a company where your boss and the payroll person are two seperate people, your boss won't have a clue whether you give a correct or incorrect P45 to payroll.

Another alternative is to just not use that company as a reference.

MIN2511

Agree with dublindude, just don't use them for reference. You worked there-yes, referees from there-no. No need to elaborate.
People make mistakes, and the best thing is acknowledging your mistake.
All the best!

AnxM

Hi Civis_liberalis,


Since you acknowledge that you "got on the wrong side of my last employer, completely of my own doing", perhaps a diplomatic way of saying "my boss sacked me because I deserved it" would be, in a sense, "I left by mutual consent" or "my boss and I decided to part ways by mutual consent".